Editors

We’re counting down the Christmas shopping days with an editors’ gift guide. Check back daily to find out our must-have items this holiday season.

Take the drudgery out of chopping, slicing and dicing with a spunky polka dot cutting board from Ellensburg-based Bergren Cutting Boards. Handmade from light ash with contrasting rich mahogany and black walnut hardwood circles, each rectangular board is crafted with scraps from the family wood shop (where the Bergrens also run an interior finish carpentry business) for a heavy-duty, uniquely fun board that may finally be the trick to conquering those tear-jerking onions. 10-by-14-inch board, $45; 13-by-18-inch board, $60, at cuttingboardsstore.com.